Council approves budget for 2018-19 among other actions on busy evening

The City Council approved a $17,878,561 budget for the fiscal year 2018-19, which began July 1, at its meeting Tuesday evening, June 26.

City Finance Director Brandon Neish told council members that though the Budget Committee approved the budget document over the course of three meetings in May, there were a couple of errors that had been corrected in the final version before the council.

Budget Committee Chair Dave Holley pointed out to the council that a police officer position has been added this year to the Police Department budget “primarily due to an increase in building constru...